I understood that menstruation and pregnancy were linked, but thought you could only get pregnant if you had sex while on your period. I was totally mystified when my half sister had a surprise baby because how could she not have realized that she was on her period?!?

I actually just bought cauliflower for soup today :-( My recipe calls for a stick of butter though so I think it’ll be okay.

I don’t usually believe in people coming back after death to let us know they’re okay, but I had a very similar experience. My grandfather, who I was very close to, died suddenly of a heart attack while home alone. It was completely traumatic for a variety of reasons, but a few weeks later I had this dream:

I love Tibetan traditional dress. As ridiculous as I probably looked I felt gorgeous the one time my host sister in Nepal decked me out in a chupa and a ton of turquoise jewelry.

I think it’s weirder to break up and then scrub all traces of the relationship from the internet. For better or worse, it happened, and no one is going to get confused about the status of things just because old pictures still exist. I wouldn’t post new pictures of me with an ex, but the old ones are still on there…

Husband convinced me to do a couples costume for the first time in the 7 years we’ve been together. Usually he gives me shit for being something too abstract, but this year he decided to be an 80s exercise angel (?) and I am encouraging this foray into goofy costumes by being an exercise devil. He’s wearing a white…

I’m still friends with my high school boyfriend, 10+ years later, and despite me being married to someone else, my mom tends to wistfully fantasize about us getting back together. Apparently she doesn’t find that idea as utterly horrifying as both he and I do.

Yay tiny cat club! One of ours is elderly at 13, weighs 7.5 lbs, and looks like a kitten. The other one is a stray that we picked up off the street who looks exactly like every other black cat running around the trash cans, but is twice their size due to actually eating.

The color difference between her face and her part is really intense. I mean, my scalp is paler than my face, but it’s nowhere near that dramatic.

My gift to you, it’s become a bit of a holiday tradition in our house...

I like the excuse to cook elaborate, ostentatious meals and get day drunk off egg nog while having a fire going continuously, but am pretty anti the rest of it. Best Christmas ever was when Mr Parade’s parents were abroad over the holiday, and we spent the whole holiday making roasts, eating cookies, and drinking with…

I wish bangs came with your awesome cheekbones :-(

My mom hates my hair unless I leave it unsullied by dye, product, or layers, and let it grow until it falls to my ass in a limp mouse-brown curtain and I get it stuck in my pants all the time. She’s actually an ex-hippie with the 70s fetishization of long, straight locks but her taste in hair comes off as seriously…

I love my bangs because they give my 3-head the illusion of depth!

A+ cute dog AND fiance.

Fur stoles are great! I have a few real ones I’ve picked up thrifting and they really keep you warm without covering too much.

Pashminas are the shit. I studied in Nepal and have a whole drawer full and will wear them constantly. I second this recommendation.

Southern Tier is the shit, but I actually like Pumpking also. Have you tried Elysian’s Night Owl? It’s a really great non-sweet pumpkin ale.

I actually love pumpkin beer but there are a lot of awful ones in the world.

She is so perfect!!! What a beautiful elegant girl :-)